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Job description
About the Role
Join an early-stage AI video company as a founding backend engineer. You will lead the design of core systems for AI-powered video creation, working closely with researchers, engineers, and designers to build the platform's infrastructure and product capabilities.
What You'll Do
Design and develop scalable backend systems for AI-powered video products.
Build infrastructure for agentic workflows, video generation pipelines, reinforcement learning loops, and real-time data processing.
Own distributed systems architecture and improve reliability through automated testing, performance benchmarking, and end-to-end observability.
Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and designers to deliver product features and APIs.
Write production code, guide technical decisions, establish engineering standards, and document systems and agent skills.
What We're Looking For
5 to 10 years of backend software engineering experience, including work at an early-stage or high-growth startup.
Professional experience building scalable backend and distributed systems, large-scale data processing, information retrieval, and asynchronous workflows.
At least 12 months of industry experience building agentic systems or working with LLMs and generative AI.
Industry experience with TypeScript and AWS. The broader stack includes S3, Lambda, RDS, SQS, ECS, FastAPI, Docker, and CI/CD.
Strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and system design, applied in professional engineering work.
Experience setting technical direction and engineering standards while remaining hands-on in code.
A formal degree and fluent English communication skills.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is $225,000 to $275,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California.